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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Johnny think he and Ponyboy should do instead of hiding out in the church?

2. What activity is common to the greasers?

3. What are Johnny's injuries from the fire?

4. What do Ponyboy and Johnny do in Chapter 5 to disguise themselves?

5. In Ponyboy's view, what is the only thing that makes him a greaser?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Soda tell Ponyboy in the letter he sends with Dally?

2. What happens when Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends show up as they are walking from the drive-in with the greasers?

3. Describe the park that Johnny and Ponyboy go to in Chapter 4.

4. Describe the fight between the greasers and the Socs that occurs when Ponyboy is walking home from the movies.

5. What is Ponyboy's living arrangement?

6. Describe what the Socs do to Ponyboy during the fight at the park.

7. What do Johnny and Ponyboy do in the vacant lot?

8. In Chapter 1, what does Ponyboy see as differences between him and his peers?

9. What does Ponyboy do when he wakes up in the church?

10. Describe the gang known as the "greasers".

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the different characters' beliefs about violence. What events shape or change their view of violence? Do they think it's a necessary evil?

Essay Topic 2

What elements in the novel make the story more real? Discuss elements like point of view, characters, and how thematic elements like violence are handled.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the title of the novel. Who is an "outsider" throughout the story, and what makes that person an "outsider"? What other interpretations of the title are there?

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